Cuban Montecristo Cigars Personal Blog

Seeing the slight amount of plume on my Montecristo Tubos lets me know that, although I won’t be smoking this cigar today, I know that my humidor that I have the Montes in is doing just fine… I can’t over-stress how important it is to monitor your digital hygrometer with due diligence and your efforts will be rewarded with some of the best cigar smoking experiences available… The cigars will have fermented and given off any nasty aroma of ammonia that is naturally emitted for the first year or so of their lives… Its simply a natural occurrence so there’s no need to get all worked up about the slight aroma of ammonia coming off young Cuban cigars…. The plume is caused when the oils in the tobacco leaf start to crystalize and if you looked at these small oil crystals under a magnifying device you’d see something resembling a small lamp post. Plume can be formed in a relative short period over a few months if your humidor is well cared for… This cigar will be lit on another day, I have a lot to take care of and it will have to go back into the humidor and will come back out when I can give it all of the respect it deserves by sitting down and concentrate on this flavors with a glass of port in my hand.